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May 2021
Harrogate to get £1.5m to improve net-zero energy infrastructure
Northern Powergrid will spend £1.5 million of government funding in Harrogate to increase the town's energy capacity and help prepare for future decarbonisation.
The money will be spent on infrastructure upgrades that will support more electric bus use, electric vehicle charging points or other future net-zero needs.
The funding has come from the government's energy regulator Ofgem and is part of £53 million that will be spent on 14 projects across the north of England.
Patrick Erwin, policy and markets director at Northern Powergrid, said:
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- Harrogate businesses go electric as number of cars licensed doubles
Meanwhile, latest figures from the Department for Transport show that the number of electric vehicles licensed in Harrogate has nearly doubled since 2019.
According to the data, the number registered in the district increased from 446 at the start of 2019 to 863 by the third quarter of 2020.
By comparison, the UK saw the number of vehicles licensed increase from 199,886 to 355,872.
The government will ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2030.
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